LIVERMORE, Calif. -- In a breakthrough paper published in this week's issue of Science magazine, researchers from Sandia's Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester and Bristol University report direct measurements of reactions of a gas-phase Criegee intermediate using photoionization mass spectrometry. (visit www.youtube.com/SandiaLabs to see a short video of Sandia combustion chemists discussing the research.) Criegee intermediates – carbonyl oxides – are implicated in autoignition chemistry and are pivotal atmospheric reactants, but only indirect knowledge ...

Blackburn Group Inc.'s Enterprise Risk and Claim Settlement Solutions partners are pleased to announce the launch of their updated websites Blackburn Group, Inc. (http://www.blackburngroup.com) and MSA RiskPro (http://www.msariskpro.com). The new designs reflect the company's commitment and dedication to serving the needs of the enterprise risk and claims settlement solutions industry. The sites have been redesigned to provide our clients with a fast and easy way to keep up-to-date with the fast pace of news, information, and resources for the enterprise risk and claims ...

Dr. Ajit Nemi, President of Nemi Capital LLC, announced today that his firm will unveil its Bio-Hydrolyzed range of highly targeted under-eye and facial skin treatment products, Dr. Nemi Rx, at COSMOPROF Bologna, March 9-12, 2012. COSMOPROF Bologna is the largest, most prestigious Skin Care, Cosmetic, Perfumery, and Beauty Industry trade show in the world. "We have used the Dr. Nemi Rx skin care line to treat many patients in my medical practice with spectacular results," said Dr. Nemi. "I am constantly asked: Why don't you sell these wonderful products ...

A previously un-named species of horse fly whose appearance is dominated by its glamorous golden lower abdomen has been named in honour of American pop diva, Beyoncé – a member of the former group Destiny's Child, that recorded the 2001 hit single, Bootylicious. According to the Australian National Insect Collection researcher responsible for officially 'describing' the fly as Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae, CSIRO's Bryan Lessard, the fly's spectacular gold colour makes it the "all time diva of flies". "It was the unique dense golden hairs on the fly's abdomen that led ...

A study at the University of Alcalá, Spain has compared the employment crisis of 1991-1994 with the current crisis from 2007 to 2010, as well as the labour reforms that took place in 1994 and 2010 respectively. Its results show that both the evolution of labour market indicators and the response of financial authorities have been quite similar in terms of timing and the design of measures. "At least until the middle of 2010, the period up to which the article covers, we have seen that the sequence of events is quite similar not just in terms of labour market results but ...

Joseph Badal, author of 'The Nostradamus Secret', has been named one of '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading'. His honors came as a result of his appearance on The Authors Show. Badal was chosen from a field of hundreds of authors through a public voting process. 'The Nostradamus Secret', an historical thriller, builds on Nostradamus's lost 58 quatrains. "I was thrilled," stated Mr. Badal, "to be included in The Authors Show's 2011 edition of '50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading'. This recognition is an affirmation of my writing and further encourages ...

'When you have something that you're so passionate about that you can live for every day, it makes life a lot more purposeful and meaningful to you and the way you live it'. Camryn Wessner is only 19 years old. But she knows what she wants. The Dothan, Alabama-born singer-songwriter who now currently calls Gainsville, Florida home may be young but the adage is true when it comes to her: Age is nothing but a number. Her musical experience may have sprung just recently but this doesn't necessarily mean it's not brimming with fiery passion. As a little girl, Camryn ...

CMOS image sensors have long since been the solution of choice for digital photography. They are much cheaper to produce than existing sensors, and they are also superior in terms of power consumption and handling. Consequently, leading manufacturers of cell-phone and digital cameras fit CMOS chips in their products almost without exception. This not only reduces the demands made of the battery, it also makes increasingly smaller cameras possible. Yet these optical semiconductor chips are now reaching their limits: while miniaturization in consumer electronics is leading ...

It is the story of Jason, a boy who has spent most of his life away from home. He is a typical youth who loves a carefree life filled with fun and freedom. His life takes a turn when he falls in love. Love brings a burden of responsibilities and miseries which transforms him into a man. The book ends in a happy note that pleases the readers. The novel is an easy read. It reflects the joy de vivre of life. College and university students have found themselves epitomized in Jason. Piyush Patel, 23, a student of IIT, said he was happy to find a friend in Jason. He, like ...

University of Warwick scientists have discovered a "nourishing gene" which controls the transfer of nutrients from plant to seed - a significant step which could help increase global food production. The research, led by the University of Warwick in collaboration with the University of Oxford and agricultural biotech research company Biogemma, has identified for the first time a gene, named Meg1, which regulates the optimum amount of nutrients flowing from mother to offspring in maize plants. Unlike the majority of genes that are expressed from both maternal and paternal ...

For the first video, Tel Aviv Couture founder and stylist, Tali Kogan, refashions an elegant, draping Little Black Dress by Ciporkin, which shifts length and neckline style with ease. In two minutes the dress is revamped to a spectrum of accessorized looks and even incorporates leggings, jeans, and different belts. "The sky is the limit with this investment piece! In our first "How To Wear" I've taken this simple but amazingly transformative dress and modified it eight different ways. My inspired clients have since started creating additional distinct ...

New research has found that individuals and the private sector have an important role to play in the provision of public policies to help society adapt to the impacts of climate change. Writing in the journal Global Environmental Change, Dr Emma Tompkins and Hallie Eakin from the University of Southampton, say that public investments alone cannot reduce our vulnerability to climate change. Their research shows evidence of individuals, households, firms and corporations are deliberately supporting the wider public to adapt to climate change by incurring the social costs ...

More than 32 million people in the United States have autoantibodies, which are proteins made by the immune system that target the body's tissues and define a condition known as autoimmunity, a study shows. The first nationally representative sample looking at the prevalence of the most common type of autoantibody, known as antinuclear antibodies (ANA), found that the frequency of ANA is highest among women, older individuals, and African-Americans. The study was conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes ...

Online voting has now begun for the 2012 Perspective Magazine Awards Program, sponsored by Holiday Systems International, and shared ownership industry professionals around the world are flocking to the magazine's website ( http://perspectivemagazine.com/awards/ ) to support their companies and clients in their bid to win one of the coveted global awards. Unique to the timeshare and fractional ownership industry, Perspective Magazine's awards program offers a combination of regional and global awards that coincide with its own five regional titles (North America, Latin ...

For the first time, a superconducting current limiter based on YBCO strip conductors has now been installed at a power plant. At the Boxberg power plant of Vattenfall, the current limiter protects the grid for own consumption that is designed for 12 000 volts and 800 amperes against damage due to short circuits and voltage peaks. The new technology co-developed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and made by Nexans SuperConductors enhances the intrinsic safety of the grid and may help reduce the investment costs of plants. "For a long time, high-temperature superconductors ...

Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial folding, stacking, and sliding glass doors and windows, glazed structures, and skylights, announced today that it will begin offering innovative residential and commercial glazing systems enhanced with Dynamic Glass from Soladigm. The new product offering, which is projected to be available Spring 2012, will integrate Soladigm Dynamic Glass to allow building occupants to control the tint of the window on-demand, providing unprecedented control of the light and heat that enters a building. "Soladigm's ...

As tissue slides are more routinely digitized to aid interpretation, a software program whose design was led by the University of Michigan Health System is proving its utility. In a new study, a program known as Spatially Invariant Vector Quantization (SIVQ) was able to separate malignancy from background tissue in digital slides of micropapillary urothelial carcinoma, a type of bladder cancer whose features can vary widely from case to case and that presents diagnostic challenges even for experts. The findings by U-M and Rutgers University researchers were published ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – When organizational crises occur, such as plane crashes or automobile recalls, public relations practitioners develop strategies for substantive action and effective communication. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that the way in which news coverage of a crisis is framed affects the public's emotional response toward the company involved. Glen Cameron, the Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair in Journalism Research and professor of strategic communication at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, along with Hyo Kim of Nanyang Technological ...

Slow Wine, an English guide to Italian wines by Slow Food Italy, is almost here with launch events just around the corner on January 30, 2012 and February 2, 2012 in New York and Chicago, respectively. The guide and its producers will be the focus of events for the trade during the day and then for consumers in the evening. A complimentary copy of the guide will be included in the entry ticket for the evening event. In New York, [Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 West 18th Street] 140 wines from 68 selected producers and 14 Italian regions will be available for tasting. A press ...

New maps produced by the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal features at the Moon's northern and southern poles in regions that lie in perpetual darkness. LAMP, developed by Southwest Research Institute, uses a novel method to peer into these so-called permanently shadowed regions (PSRs), making visible the invisible. LAMP's principal investigator is Dr. Alan Stern, associate vice president of the SwRI Space Science and Engineering Division. The LAMP maps show that many PSRs are darker at far-ultraviolet wavelengths and redder ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (January 13, 2012) – The blood-brain barrier is essential for maintaining the brain's stable environment—preventing entry of harmful viruses and bacteria and isolating the brain's specific hormonal and neurotransmitter activity from that in the rest of the body. In addition to nerve cells, the brain contains glia cells that support and protect the neurons. In the fruit fly, the blood-brain boundary is made by glia joined into an envelope sealed around the nerve cells. As the brain rapidly expands during development, the glial envelope must grow correspondingly ...

Don't be fooled by the company name, Golf Range Netting caters to more than just the sport of golf! With client needs ranging from tennis courts to baseball and soccer fields, there's no project too large or too complicated for Golf Range Netting to tackle. With a portfolio that boasts accomplishments throughout the nation including the tallest sports netting in the United States and projects for major league baseball teams such as the Boston Red Sox, it's clear that Golf Range Netting is well-equipped to provide for any sports netting or lighting complexity. After ...

ATP is the major energy source for most organisms and ATPases are the machines, which utilize this fuel, for example to move muscles or cargo in our body. The very abundant chaperone protein Hsp90 has such an ATPase in each of its two monomers. During the last years experiments had suggested that the movement and conformational changes of ATPase proteins are in general strictly linked to ATP binding and hydrolysis (i.e. fuel consumption). To probe this theory Thorsten Hugel, Professor at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) and member of the Nanosystems Initiative ...

Digisonics, the #1 KLAS rated Cardiology PACS and Structured Reporting vendor for four consecutive years, announced that support contract renewals exceeded 90% once again in 2011. This marks the third consecutive year that support contract renewals have exceeded 90%, a testament to customer confidence in the quality of Digisonics support services. Digisonics' focus on providing best-of-class image management and structured reporting systems combined with commitment to excellence in customer support services has led to consistent recognition by independent research groups ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. -- A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients. Contrary to expectations, patients who died from their injuries had lower inflammatory responses in their lungs than patients who survived. "Perhaps a better understanding of this early pulmonary immune dysfunction will allow for therapies that further improve outcomes in burn care," researchers reported. The study is published in the January/February issue of the Journal of Burn Care & Research. First ...